Andreas Saxer is a designer based out of Switzerland, that makes some spectacular lighting pieces. He started his career as a designer as a dress maker in 1992 where he worked for 3 years before studying Fashion Design Studies at the Zurich University of the Arts, where he graduated in 1997. A two-year stint at a furniture sales company got him furniture-minded and went back to Zurich University to study Specialization Industrial Design. After receiving his diploma in 2003 he became a Junior Lecturer and Assistant at the school for three years before opening up Andreas Saxer Designwork in Zurich in 2006.